We gonna take u back
Oh bring u back
Here we go, oh oh yeah
忘不了忘不了
I can't get u outta my mind no no yeah yeah
忘不了忘不了
I can't get u outta my mind no no yeah yeah
忘不了忘不了
I can't get u outta my mind no no yeah yeah
忘不了忘不了
I can't get u outta my mind no no yeah yeah

I've been walkin' these streets so long
Singin' the same old song
I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway
Where hustle's the name of the game
And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain
There's been a load of compromisin'
On the road to my horizon
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
And offers comin' over the phone

Well, I really don't mind the rain
And a smile can hide all the pain
But you're down when you're ridin' the train that's takin' the long way
And I dream of the things I'll do
With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe
There'll be a load of compromisin'
On the road to my horizon
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
Rhinestone cowboy
Gettin' cards and letters from people I don't even know
And offers comin' over the phone

Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo

FADE
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Gettin' card and letters from people I don't even know

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I have wonderful childhood memories from this song: our 4th (fourth) grade teacher, teaching us this song, and the whole class singing together. We were good, a heavenly sound, even for a bunch of kids who never sang before. Maybe it's just the way I want to remember it...
Nonetheless, I never forgot the words or melody, and the look in the teacher's eyes every time we sang...
WOW to you, Monsieur Le Professeur, wherever you are!

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Ev'ry time I look at you, I don't understand.
Why you let the things you did get so out of hand.
You'd have managed better, if you'd had it planned.
Now why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land?

If you'd come today, you could have reached a whole nation.
Isreal in 4 BC had no mass communication.
(Don't you get me wrong) Don't you get me wrong.
(Don't you get me wrong, now) Don't you get me wrong.
(Don't you get me wrong) Don't you get me wrong.
(Don't you get me wrong, now) Don't you get me wrong.
(Only want to know) Only want to know.
(Only want to know, now) Only want to know.
(Only want to know) Only want to know.
(Only want to know, now) Only want to know.

Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ, Superstar, do you think you're what they say you are?
Jesus Christ, Superstar, do you think you're what they say you are?

Tell me what you think about your friends at the top.
Now who d'you think besides yourself was the pick of the crop?
Buddah was he where it's at? Is he where you are?
Could Mahomet move a mountain? Or was that just PR?
Did you mean to die like that? Was that a mistake?
Or did you know your messy death would be a record breaker?

(Don't you get me wrong) Don't you get me wrong.
(Don't you get me wrong, now) Don't you get me wrong.
(Don't you get me wrong) Don't you get me wrong.
(Don't you get me wrong, now) Don't you get me wrong.
(Only want to know) Only want to know.
(Only want to know, now) Only want to know.
(Only want to know) Only want to know.
(Only want to know, now) I only want to know.

Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ, Superstar, do you think you're what they say you are?
Jesus Christ, Superstar, do you think you're what they say you are?

Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ, Superstar, do you think you're what they say you are?
Jesus Christ, Superstar, do you think you're what they say you are?

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Show: Requiem, 1985
This is the original recording from "Requiem" (1985). I find it interesting to hear how much Sarah's voice has changed in the last ten years. [from the CD-booklet]
Sung with the Winchester Cathedral Choir
Bjorn Handeland wrote me that this song, and in fact Andrew Lloyd Webber's entire "Requiem", is dedicated to the victims of the conflict in Northern Ireland.
At the concert in Edinburgh I saw, and on the video of the same concert in the Royal Albert Hall (September 1997, both), Sarah dedicated the song to all those who lost loved ones.
And at the concert as well as on the video of the La Luna tour (2000/2001), Sarah said it dedicated to all those who lost their lives due to political conflicts.

(Crowd)
Christ you know I love you. Did you see I waved?
I believe in you and God. So tell me that I'm saved.
Jesus, I am with you. Touch me, touch me, Jesus!
Jesus, I am on your side. Kiss me, kiss me, Jesus!

(Simon)
What more do you need to convince you
That you have made it and you're easily as strong
As the filth from Rome who raped our country
And who've terrorized our people for so long?

(Chorus)
Christ you know I love you. Did you see I waved?
I believe in you and God. So tell me that I'm saved.
Jesus, I am with you. Touch me, touch me, Jesus!
Jesus, I am on your side. Kiss me, kiss me, Jesus!

(Simon)
There must be over fifty thousand
Screaming love and more for you
Everyone of fifty thousand
Would do whatever you ask him to
Keep them yelling their devotion
But add a touch of hate at Rome
You will rise to a greater power
We will win ourselves come home
You'll get the power and the glory
For ever and ever and ever
You got the power and the glory
For ever and ever and ever
Amen! Amen!

(Jesus)
Neither you Simon, nor the fifty thousand
Nor the Romans, nor the Jews
Nor Judas, nor the twelve
Nor the priests, nor the scribes
Nor doomed Jerusalem itself
Understand what power is
Understand what glory is
Understand at all
Understand at all
If you knew all that I knew
My poor Jerusalem
You'd see the truth
But you'd close your eyes
But you'd close your eyes
While you live
Your troubles are many
Poor Jerusalem
To conquer death
You only have to die
You only have to die

当年看这部戏时，我刚满二十一，到今天我还记得听到 Simon 那样唱着，我对坐在我旁边的一位已经自杀了的大学朋友：If you are talking about revolution, you may count me out!

I'll weave his web of rhyme
Upon the summer night
We'll leave this worldly time
On his winged flight
Then come, and as we lay
Beside this sleepy glade
There I will sing to you
My Longfellow serenade

Longfellow serenade
Such were the plans I made
But she was a lady
As deep as the river
And through the night we stayed
And in my way I loved her as none before
Loved her with words and more
For she was lonely and I was lonely

Artist: Lyrics
Song: If I Were a Rich Man Lyrics
[TEVYE]
"Dear God, you made many, many poor people.
I realize, of course, that it's no shame to be poor.
But it's no great honor either!
So, what would have been so terrible if I had a small fortune?"

If I were a rich man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
If I were a biddy biddy rich,
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.

I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen,
Right in the middle of the town.
A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below.
There would be one long staircase just going up,
And one even longer coming down,
And one more leading nowhere, just for show.

I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese and ducks
For the town to see and hear.
And each loud "cheep" and "swaqwk" and "honk" and "quack"
Would land like a trumpet on the ear,
As if to say "Here lives a wealthy man."

If I were a rich man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
If I were a biddy biddy rich,
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.

I see my wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man's wife
With a proper double-chin.
Supervising meals to her heart's delight.
I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock.
Oy, what a happy mood she's in.
Screaming at the servants, day and night.

The most important men in town would come to fawn on me!
They would ask me to advise them,
Like a Solomon the Wise.
"If you please, Reb Tevye..."
"Pardon me, Reb Tevye..."
Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes!
And it won't make one bit of difference if i answer right or wrong.
When you're rich, they think you really know!

If I were rich, I'd have the time that I lack
To sit in the synagogue and pray.
And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall.
And I'd discuss the holy books with the learned men, several hours every day.
That would be the sweetest thing of all.

If I were a rich man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
If I were a biddy biddy rich,
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.

My my, at waterloo napoleon did surrender
Oh yeah, and I have met my destiny in quite a similar way
The history book on the shelf
Is always repeating itself

Waterloo - I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo - promise to love you for ever more
Waterloo - couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo - knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo - finally facing my waterloo

My my, I tried to hold you back but you were stronger
Oh yeah, and now it seems my only chance is giving up the fight
And how could I ever refuse
I feel like I win when I lose

Waterloo - I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo - promise to love you for ever more
Waterloo - couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo - knowing my fate is to be with you

And how could I ever refuse
I feel like I win when I lose

Waterloo - I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo - promise to love you for ever more
Waterloo - couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo - knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo - finally facing my waterloo

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